Working Families has announced its annual list of the top ‘family-friendly’ employers in the UK. Now in its twelfth year, employers large and small from across the public, private, and third sectors compete annually to gain a coveted place on the charity’s list of Top Employers for Working Families.
This year’s Top Ten Employers for Working Families – in alphabetical order – are:
- American Express
- Citigroup
- Crown Prosecution Service
- Grant Thornton
- Independent Living Fund Scotland
- NatWest Group (RBS)
- North East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Pinsent Masons
- Welsh Parliament (Senedd Cymru)
- Yorkshire Building Society
Law firms in the top 30 (places 11-30) include: Allen & Overy, Brodies, DAC Beachcroft, DWF, Mayer Brown, Mishcon de Reya and Norton Rose Fulbright.
Employers were assessed using Working Families’ Benchmark and were scored on four key areas to build a comprehensive picture of their flexible and family-friendly policies and practices that specifically support mothers, fathers, and carers. These are:
- integration to organisational strategy and culture – which looks at culture, attitude and how far flexible and family-friendly working practices have become embedded;
- policy – which looks at the creation, development and deployment of flexible and family-friendly working policies and their take-up;
- consistent practice – which considers how well flexible and family-friendly working is supported; and
- evidence and statistics – which looks at the effects of flexible and family-friendly working on the organisation, and their ability to understand those effects.
